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USGS usp0004bm5

10 Jul 1990, 04:17

88 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands

A magnitude 6.4 mw earthquake at 66.3 km depth.

Depth66.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated28 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 88 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands?

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-10.353000, 161.119000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp0004bm5
Coordinates
-10.353, 161.119
Network
us
Significance
630